by the El Reportero’s news services
A new mural at Pan American Park in Long Beach celebrates 101-year-old folklórico dancer Alta Regalado LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — “I couldn’t believe it but then I realized it was me,” said 101-year-old Alta Regalado. The longtime South Gate resident is the subject of a new 17 ft. by 30 ft. mural at Pan American Park in east Long Beach.
“It took us about a week and a few days to paint this mural,” said artist Alva McNeal. “It was really important and inspiring for us to be able to paint this mural because older adults are not recognized as much in the community or the country.” The mural was commissioned by SCAN Health Plan and the Arts Council for Long Beach.
“We often dismiss seniors as frail or vulnerable or no longer able to contribute or to be a burden,” said Vice President of Member and Community Health Eve Gelb. “I think an image like this really defies that perception of seniors.” Check out the mural at 5157 E Centralia St., Long Beach. Roe v. Wade movie premieres this weekend at CPAC The movie shows the truth about abortion and its legal history The upcoming film Roe v. Wade, detailing the events surrounding the 1973 Supreme Court decision permitting abortion, is due to premiere this Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando. Former President Donald Trump will be speaking at the event on Sunday.
The plot is told from the viewpoint of Dr. Bernard Nathanson, a former prolific abortionist and cofounder of the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Nathanson later became a stalwart in the pro-life movement, and his conversion is portrayed in the film.
The film has been cowritten and co-directed by Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn, and aims, according to Loeb, to “lay out the facts of how Roe v. Wade came to be and how it was decided” so that viewers can make up their own mind and “take one view or another.” Loeb noted that it was not a “preachy” movie, but one where “[w] e show it how it was.” “We spent a year doing research. I read over 40 books, court transcripts. Everything is documented.
There’s not one thing we made up,” he added. Roe v. Wade originally premiered at the Vienna Independent Film Festival last year, and is set to be released on Amazon and iTunes this April.
(by Michael Haynes, shared from LieSiteNews).
